Welcome

The Fuquay Varina Emergency Food Pantry is a faith-based organization whose mission is to help as many area families as possible to ensure that they are not handicapped by hunger.

In 2014, we again handed out over 6,000 boxes to needy families, which helped feed over 24,000 men, women and children, primarily in Fuquay Varina, Willow Spring and Holly Springs. We also handed out over 750 turkeys in November. We are anticipating similar numbers in 2015.

Food Drives Continue to help us stay in stock:Many children continue to organize their own food drives and bring donations to the pantry. For this, we are most grateful. Our fire department has also been great about collecting food items for the pantry.

Fuquay Varina Firefighters deliver and unload food at the pantry.

Local children organize drives for the pantry:Davis Kisinski and her brother, Jamie, ages 9 and 7 respectively, sold lemonade and cookies to raise money for the food pantry. They also organized a neighborhood food drive, collecting several boxes and bags of nonperishable goods. They raised and donated $84.00 as well as the cartload of food shown below.

Piney Grove Baptist Youth Group:Church groups are a wonderful source for bringing in dry goods for our clients while experiencing the good feelings that come with helping others. Pictured below some members of Piney Grove Baptist’s Youth Group delivering some of the items they collected.

Davis Drive Elementary’s Annual Drive:A special thank you also goes to Davis Drive Elementary School for their successful food drive. The school collected over 100 boxes of food for our pantry again this year, filling more than three pick-up trucks and amounting to about 3,000 pounds. The citizens of Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Willow Spring and throughout your community are grateful for your hard work and generosity.

A Special Birthday Present:We also received a generous donation from Kara Dershem. Kara collected food donations at her 9th birthday party and delivered the food to the pantry. Check out her winning smile and generous face in the picture below, posing with the food she collected.

Kara’s 9th Birthday & her collection of donated food

Making good use of old toys:
Kyle VanSteenbergen sold his Lego toys that he had outgrown and raised $75.00. He donated his money to the pantry to help provide food for those less fortunate. Way to go, Kyle.

Baking for Others:These children baked pumpkin and apple pies and then sold them, donating all of the money to the food pantry.

Fresh Produce:Thanks to the generosity of our local grocers, church gardens, farmers and gardeners, we are able to provide fresh produce for our clients on a regular basis. One client remarked “Thank you, thank you. As a diabetic, I am not able to eat a lot of the boxed and canned goods or the breads, so it is so nice that there is fresh produce available. I cannot afford to get it in the stores.” We are pleased to pass along her gratitude to our providers.

Thanksgiving News:
This year we were especially busy, handing out turkeys, stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce and gravy to over 700 families in the area. Thanks to the generous Thanksgiving donations from so many in our community, we were not forced to dip much into the pantry’s regular operational funds. Your generous sponsorships paid for over two-thirds of our costs for the Thanksgiving dinners.

Turkey Donation:
And speaking of Thanksgiving, Coldwell Banker Main Street Associates donated over 50 turkeys again this year for distribution at our Food Pantry. Volunteer Laeron Roberts picked up and delivered the turkeys to the pantry for us. (pictured below).

Funding is always needed:Besides donations of food, please keep in mind that we are spending more funds than usual to make up for the decrease in government supplies and increase in clients. Therefore, monetary donations are always greatly appreciated and are put to good use to buy those things we need. Check out our “Donate” tab on this site for a sample Christmas card as a way to enhance your holiday giving. All donations go toward food and staples for our clients, or for maintenance of the food pantry facilities. None of our board or our volunteers receive a salary.